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Yeah mate, Yeah it can! oriet bud is that all!

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The answer depends on many different factors, including what's causing the dementia. For Alzheimer's, for example, factors include the age at diagnosis, severity of symptoms, and general health status. Nor is there a textbook progression to the disease; some people go downhill quickly after diagnosis, while others can live with the disease for 10 or more years.

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The same as any other human. Adl's (activities of daily living). Food,showers,protection from harm. But all done with much patience and understanding.

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Unfortunately, sometimes this can happen. They get confused and even a little paranoid sometimes due to their illness. They may have forgotten where they put their money or exactly how much they had. Eventually, as the disease progresses they begin to forget who certain people are and this problem can get worse. Try finding a support group for caregivers of dementia or read some books about how best to handle this.

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Unfortunately yes, and it can either get worse over a long space of time or an extremely short space. In vascular dementia the person has a small stroke, which causes bleeding in a part of the brain. As time moves on the person will not be able to remember who you are, and you will have to approach them as a stranger. Eventually the part of the brain that keeps organs moving will shut down, but there are ways of extending the person's life that have recently been discovered. This won't make them better or stop the strokes - it'll just extend the period of time they have left.

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A medical condition known as canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS) causes disorientation, confusion, memory loss and personality changes that are very similar to Alzheimer's disease in humans. Canine Cognitive Dysfunction is sometimes referred to as "old dog syndrome", "brain aging", "doggie dementia" or "senility". Like Alzheimer's disease, the cause of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction is unknown, but physical evidence, found only in autopsies, reveals the same sort of degenerative brain lesions. With age, dogs, like humans, naturally accumulate deposits of beta amyloid, a nerve-damaging protein, in the brain. This starch-like protein builds up, becomes waxy, and forms plaque. As plaque builds up, it clogs the brain and inhibits the transmission of signals from the brain. In both Alzheimer's and Canine Cognitive Dysfunction, excessive senile plaque leads to more severe cognitive impairment. Some age-related changes, like a graying muzzle, are inevitable. Older dogs are more sensitive to temperature extremes and they move a bit slower. Dogs with Canine Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome, however, experience changes in behavior which, like Alzheimer's, are not a normal part of aging. The main symptoms of CDS are summarized by the acronym DISH... Disorientation - Interaction changes - Sleep changes - and House soiling. These changes in behavior could be signs of Canine Cognitive Dysfunction.... Sometimes a disoriented dog....

* Stops responding to his name.

* Forgets once familiar tricks

May stop responding to even basic commands

* No longer remembers routines

* Stares blankly into space or at walls

* Gets stuck in corners, under furniture or behind furniture

* Engages in repetitive and compulsive disorders

* Paces or wanders aimlessly * Compulsively walks in circles... around a table or from room to room

* Appears lost or confused, even in familiar surroundings

* Dogs who knew exactly where their yard ended and never crossed the line, wander past the normal boundaries, becoming lost and confused.

* Easily agitated and/or barks for no reason.

For about the last two years of her life, Gretchen, who passed away 5 years ago, walked round and round the dining room table - carrying her "baby" in her mouth. She did this at least 2 or 3 times a day - doing 100 or more laps each time. Gretchen forgot how to do all the wonderful tricks she once loved to perform. Dogs who experience decreased interaction with people....

* No longer greet visitors or even family members

* No longer try to get attention

* No longer care about being petted

They walk away even when being petted and receiving affection. Dogs who experience changes in sleep patterns...

* Sleep more during the day

* Sleep less at night

* May wander around instead of sleeping Dogs with CDS sometimes forget housetraining...

* They have "accidents" indoors... even soon after being outside

* They stop "asking" to go out

* They seem to forget the reason for going outdoors

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Dementia is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Particularly affected areas may be memory, attention, language, and problem solving. In the later stages of the condition affected persons may be disoriented to time, place and person.

The many different causes of dementia can be classified as either reversible or irreversible. Less than 10% of cases of dementia are considered reversible, and even in these cases it usually is not fully reversed.

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Dementia is a serious decease and elderly people mostly suffer from it. The main symptoms of dementia are problems with memory, inability to concentrate, do simple calculations. If one if experiencing such symptoms, it would be suggested to see a doctor.

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to encourage people to live heatly lifestyles and also it looks at the cause of the illness and tries

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Click on the link below.

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A person who has developed dementia has lost many of his normal brain functions, understanding, capabilities, abilities to perform routine tasks normally, revised preferences, probably needs assistance from family members or social workers with personal hygiene, getting dressed, making decisions and choices, lost abilities to drive, or cook, or the ability to care for oneself as usual.

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lewy is different parts of the brain which may have been affected. ie... the memory part, or speech part or co-ordination part, sum times only parts of the brain is affected in dementia,not all but sadly in many cases it is all of the brain

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Dementia is a form of Alzheimer's and no, there is no cure, but medications can slow the process down. This only works if it's caught early enough.

My mother had Dementia for at least 20 years and I'm sad to say we all thought she was becoming a bitter old lady. We weren't aware of Dementia. Eventually she landed in the hospital where the doctor "pink slipped" her. This means because of her age, she also was diabetic and a danger to herself we were able to get her into a nursing home. Just before she entered the nursing home the hospital sent her to Valleyview Hospital (psychiatric hospital) to evaluate her and put her on a medication called Respiridol. In approx. 3 weeks my mother was almost her old self. We were happy to have her back! Of course because she was in her mid-80's we had no recourse but to leave her in the nursing home. My brother and I took turns visiting my mother and she was fortunate to have had us there 6 days out of 7. We were blessed to enjoy our mother once again and she was blessed to recognize us and enjoy our presents.

If you go on Google and write in "information on dementia", you will learn much. Understanding this terrible disease will help you and family cope better.

Dementia untreated makes the person become extremely paranoid, turn on family members, forget to pay bills, forget to take medications or even eat at times. The can lash out at the ones they love, accuse you of stealing and in their minds this is really happening.

This disease is so unfair and the person that has it is virtually a prisoner in their own bodies/minds. As frustrating as it can be, please have patience.

Answer also: Symptoms can possibly be treated by different medications and therapies, but there really is no cure. Dealing with individuals who have this life altering disease requires a lot of love and empathy on the part of others. If you see personality changes in the sufferer, just remember, it's not the real person you know and love, but the disease that has changed them. Be strong of heart, best to you.

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Hmm, you should probably find a body and try it. If you really had to ask this question, you might want to try it with your own.

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Could you be more specific? Are you referring to an end of life event?

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Bias affects research because when you are getting information from a source which contains bias, it will not necessary be exactly right because it is influenced by that person's opinion. Therefore, when researching you should consider the author and their purpose in writing - for example, are they trying to convince to buy a computer because then the information they have given on computers could contain bias. Hope that helps!

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Dementia is a disease causing serious disability.

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To ensure that as health and social care workers we adapt the environment etc to the person with the disability rather than the other way around. If someone has a physical disability we alter their environment, such as, providing a lift or a ramp, so that the person can function in a 'normal' way. If we see dementia in a similar way we realise that we need to adapt our care provision to suit their needs not change them and their behaviour to suit the setting e.g. of the care home etc.

Kirst

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it can help lead the doctors to futher exam your brain

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I think it's probably a form of a phobia, some people have terrible fears that haunt them all the time. You might talk to your MD about it or a psychologist.

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There is no known or recorded connection.